Serum CCL-18 level is a risk factor for COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization
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Serum CCL-18 level is a risk factor for COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization
INTRODUCTION Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 18 (CCL-18) has been shown to be elevated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. This study primarily aimed to evaluate whether the serum CCL-18 level differentiates the frequent exacerbator COPD phenotype from infrequent exacerbators. The secondary aim was to investigate whether serum CCL-18 level is a risk factor for exacerbations r...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1178-2005
DOI: 10.2147/copd.s118424